i wish that i could wear hats

video about hats

this is where brian david gilbert is:

[nicholasfoster]

Start of song "Haha hats make me look goofy"
End of Song "my self image is broken and distorted to the extent that simple clothing accessories spark terrible anxiety. I long to be comfortable and confidant in what I see in the mirror."

In all seriousness this song is so lyrically dense, true poetry.

[Ganmorg]

“I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all” carries way more weight than it has any right to do. The conflict of wanting to be seen and wanting to be invisible.

[randomtangle]

As a constant hat-wearer, it’s all about making it yours. The hat might make you feel like you look like a different person, you must overpower the hat with your immense hat-wearing spirit.

[youtubeaccount]

“I wish I could wear hats without looking any way at all” is seriously one of the most profound lines in contemporary music. This is Radiohead-level angst poetry.

[sonatanote]

So a tiny detail that I really love is that if you try singing this song, you realize all the breaths have been edited out. There is quite literally little to no room to breathe.

It's that little bit extra that sells the sort of anxious racing stream-of-consciousness lyrics.

[emilymoyers]

The fact that we all understand this feeling so deeply, and yet all think brian looked good in these hats, really just proves that self-consciousness is a delusion.

[connormcmullen]

The line “I come to you now, my hat in my hand” thematically, lyrically, harmonically, and emotionally fucking slaps

[IronHorse]

I'm a country dude from Australia. I wore hats my whole life, loud hats too, wide brimmed akubras (cowboy hats, basically) are my favourites. I never feel uncomfortable wearing one, even visiting the city. They look nice, they are sturdy and hardy, they go with my clothes, they keep the sun off my face in the bright hot summers here, and I just like them. I'm young, well, middle aged now, and usually it's boomers who wear these hats outside the country, but one time in the city I was wearing my brown cattleman akubra hat and met someone I knew but not well. They said, lightheartedly, "haha dude, what's with the getup". For the rest of that day from that moment I was hyperaware of my hat, when before I'd never even thought twice about it. The next time I went to the city I hesitated at my hat stand when normally I'd just put the hat on my head without even thinking. I felt this song in that moment and just wanted to go back north where I could wear my hat in peace lol. This song is how I felt in that moment.

[johncargille]

Okay, so most of the time bdg stuff is like "that's kind of a goofy premise" to "this is kind of catchy" to "oh hey emotions" but this went straight to "what is this bop that I connect to on a molecular level" and man BDG this is breathtaking

[spacecadet]

this song is honestly the most accurate representation of anxiety of anything online -- closely followed by the "i'm not superstitious but i am afraid to prune my money tree" song.

[NutyRiver]

The background vocals kicking in after the line “my body this size” is so good because it’s the moment it hits you this isn’t a shitpost, and the music hits back.

[darrenhendrix]

I had a friend who had the unfortunate trait of being completely unable to wear any pair of sunglasses without looking like a super douche. He mentioned it once when we were at a store and I needed to nab a cheap pair for the festival we were heading to and then demonstrated the problem by trying on various pairs. It was damn impressive.

[rolanslide]

This exists simultaneously in "it's not that deep" and "there's so much to unpack here". Good job Gilbert

[guilhermeshiba]

the line "how can I look how I look and not care" has been haunting me for the entire hour this song has existed

[CloudedByKatana]

It starts out feeling like a funny joke song, but then becomes a really deep hitting song about self esteem and self image, it hits hard.

[cheeseyturtle]

I don't know why but the line "I wish I could wear hats without sparking something to recall" always just hits me in a special way

[radekchrabota]

Chad's music career is really taking off! Wonder how he manages to make such instant classics while also attending his son's little league and other various small lad activities

[PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

As a owner (and wearer) of MANY hats, the trick is simply to wear multiple hats at once. While cowards may see hat-stacking as an act of hubris, we few practitioners of this forbidden fashion recognize that there is nothing more majestic then a towering pillar of hats.

[jasper]

You access a new dimension to this song when you try to sing along and discover that there are almost no proper rests

[lemongreed]

I expected comedy, but found tragedy. This resonates so much with me. I want to wear hats without others paying attention to it, I want to wear bizarre clothes without getting weird looks and comments. I want to be able to express myself without being noticed. I want to be myself and perceived as normal